"Assassin"ation of character

TheGFG
Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:58:55 +0000

A friend’s daughter (freshman) was blindsided by the serious effects of her faux pas with regard to the popular college game “Assassin” that her campus group was playing. The girl was one of the last players remaining, when she was approached by another player to form an alliance with her and a third player. The proposed goal was that the 3 of them would end up as co-winners. The pact required that my friend’s D “kill off” her best friend. She decided not to do that. While she understands why the girl was angry with her in the context of the game for not keeping her word, her view of the whole thing was that it’s a GAME, assassins aren’t always honest because they try to outwit people, and she was playing to win.

The betrayed girl took this offense very seriously. She was so upset and angry that she accused my friend’s D of having no honor, then she badmouthed her to everyone in the campus group, and even went so far as to declare that no one on campus should give my friend’s D a recommendation for a job because she lacks integrity. My friend’s D was stunned at the vehement reaction, but was even more shocked that she is now being shunned by the other girls in the group.

Comments? Advice?